John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.

This new world of social media has created so many virtual friends for me. Over time I’ve had a chance to meet so many of them in person. While sometimes it’s a disappointment meeting someone in person, I’ve also had the opposite experience. This happened at RSNA when I got a chance to meet Andy DeLaO (@CancerGeek) in person. I’d always been impressed by his insightful tweets over the years. So, I was blown away when he was even more impressive and insightful in person. I love it when that happens.

One of the most impressive things he showed me was his new effort around what he calls My Ideal Patient Experience. He even had these really cool coins to hand out which was a great way for me to remember his concept:
Andy the team behind My Ideal Patient Experience has gone through the research and defined the patient experience using these 4 pillars:

Time

Trust

Transparency

Transitions

However, it’s worth considering the connective tissue between all 4 pillars:

Time Leads To Trust, Trust Leads To Transparency , Transparency Leads To Transitions; The 4t’s Lead To Relationships And Success!

Andy and his team have been at this for a while even though they’re just now getting their official patient experience website launched. I love that they’re even keeping track of their stats:

50,850 Patients Impacted

878 Physicians Engaged

46 Clients Worked With

30 Completed Projects

If you’re looking to improve the way you engage with patients or your patient experience, take a second to look at the consulting, market research, healthcare engagement, and education resources they offer. After my experience finally meeting Andy in person, I’m excited to see the impact for good “My Ideal Patient Experience” will have on healthcare. Plus, I look forward to digging into the concepts even more in the future.